Monday, October 26, 2009

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

“I have come to understand that music is not partof "arts and entertainment" as the newspaper section would have us believe.It's not a luxury, a lavish thing that we fund from leftovers of ourbudgets, not a plaything or an amusement or a pass time. Music is a basicneed of human survival. Music is one of the ways we make sense of our lives,one of the ways in which we express feelings when we have no words, a wayfor us to understand things with our hearts when we can't with our minds.”

“You're not here to become an entertainer, and you don't have to sellyourself. The truth is you don't have anything to sell; being a musicianisn't about dispensing a product, like selling used Chevies. I'm not an entertainer; I'm a lot closer to a paramedic, a firefighter, a rescueworker. You're here to become a sort of therapist for the human soul, aspiritual version of a chiropractor, physical therapist, someone who workswith our insides to see if they get things to line up, to see if we can comeinto harmony with ourselves and be healthy and happy and well.

Frankly, ladies and gentlemen, I expect you not only to master music; Iexpect you to save the planet.”

~Excerpt from "What's It For?" Welcome address to freshman class at Boston Conservatory given by Karl Paulnack, pianist and director of music division at Boston Conservatory.

Wednesday, September 09, 2009

"By the way, if somebody tells you that it's all made up, they are completely right. That's one of the secrets to life, somebody came up with everything you see including all that business of changing of the guard and Buckingham Palace or whatever. It doesn't have to be old to be significant and you don't have to the one billionth soul served like it was a spiritual hamburger. Some things are meaningful because you say they are."~Michael Skinner~

Wednesday, September 02, 2009

Why is it that during an ice-breaker, when the whole room has to go around and say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly nervous? Like I know my name, I know where I'm from, this shouldn't be a problem....

I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Dammit!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Do you remember when you were a kid, playing Nintendo and it wouldn't work? You take the cartridge out, blow in it and that would magically fix the problem. Every kid in North America did that, but how did we all know how to fix the problem? There was no internet or message boards or FAQ's. We just figured it out. Today's kids are soft.

Monday, August 24, 2009

Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you're going in the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed to be going? But instead of just turning a 180 and walking back in the direction from which you came, you have to first do something like check your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to yourself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you're crazy by randomly switching directions on the sidewalk.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Since my patio door was open he brought it into my place. I couldn't catch Frankie, so he took it into my bedroom and then released it. It scampered under my heaters and then ducked into a hole in the wall that connects the heaters between my bedroom and living room. Frankie was freaking out. I was freaking out. I got a flashlight and was finally able to see where it had gone and it wasn't moving at all.

I lock Frankie out and have all my "tools" ready. I took apart my heaters, grabbed my flashlight and pliers, grabbed onto the little bird and started to pull it out. To my AMAZEMENT the little bird was actually still alive. He "ran" and "flew" out and then went under my bed. I can only imagine what my neighbors though if they could hear me screaming from time to time (scaring the bird just as much too!).

I finally was about to catch it in a Tupperware container. I wasn't sure if it would be able to fly but to my surprise when I took it out to the balcony it flew away!

So, way to go Frankie for being a good hunter and bringing me a present, but I hope that word gets around that my balcony is one to avoid from now on!

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Had a fantastic long weekend filled with friends, family, good food and great times! Big thanks to everyone involved, you know who you are, how you made this a fabulous weekend, and what you truly mean to me. Thank you!!!